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HARVEY GILES, Fl BROOKLYN, YGRK, SSIGNOR T0 RTEBES WARD, 0F NEW YORK, N.Y.

COIN-CONTROLLED- VENDEN@ MACHINE.

Application led .april 9,. 1920. erial No. 372,491.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY GILES, a citizen of .the UnitedStates, and aresident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in* Coin-Controlled VendingMachines, of which the following is a specification'.

The invention pertains more particularly w to coin-controlledvending-machlnes for the exposed at its"outer end,means operable fromsaid handle in cooperation'with introduced coins for ejecting the bottompieces of confection from the tray, means for directing the sold piecesof confection to an exposed position for removal by the purchaser, meansfor collecting the proper coins introduced to the machine, such as onecent pieces,` and other features which will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

Usually the vertical trays provided in coin-controlled vending machinesdesigned for'selling pieces of confection have had a series of verticalcompartments for holding columns or stacks of the confection, and morefrequently these machines have had four of such compartments and thepieces of confection have been so placed in them that their side edgesfaced frontwardly and rearwardly and were engaged by the ejector means.One feature of my present invention is to provide a machine having sixcompartments for six columns of the merchandise arranged within the samewidth that has heretofore been occupied by atray having In carrying outthis portion of my invention I so arrange the compartments that the sideedges of the pieces of confection extend laterally and that the ejectormeans engage the ends of said pieces instead of the sidesthereof, myejector mechanism, rendered opera-tive when a coin is present, beingadapted for a machine having the merchandise com artments arranged inthe manner I have ]ust mentioned.

It has been found that machines of the class to which my inventionpertains are so complex and delicate in their mechanisms as to entailconsiderable loss to the owners for repairs and annoyance to purchasers1n the loss of coins introduced to the machine which have become out oforder. One ob- ]ect of my invention is to provide a vendin machine ofthefclass referred to which wi bey of such particular' construction anddurable character as to minimize the necessity for repairs and alsominimize the danger of disarrangement 'of the mechanism by personsviolently actuating the exposed operating rod or handle. In carrying outmy invention I not only economize space wlthin ,the exterior casing orcabinet by my particular arrangement of the compartments for themerchandise, but'I seek to provide a.

thoroughly operative and reliable mechamsm havlng `lout few movingparts, these parts serving to position the introduced coins to be usedas coin ejectors and to carry the coins against the bottom pieces ofconfection in the compartments of the tray, for the purpose of ejectingsuch pieces from the tray, whence they descend to the purchaser.

The details of construction of my machine are such that although Iprovide a machine 'having six vertical compartments for merchandise, thecasing of the machine requires but three entrance slots for coins, oneslot serving for coins for two of the vertical compartments. 1

The coin-controlled mechanism of my invention comprises various featuresand details of construction and arrangement, all of which will be betterunderstood from the specific explanation thereof hereinafter presented,with reference 'to they accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a front elevation, partly broken away, of a coin-controlledvending machine y constructed in accordance with and embodying myinvention;

Fig; 2 is a. vertical section, partly broken away, through the same,taken on the dotted line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3l is a substantially corresponding view illustrating the severalremovable sections of the machine as separated from the exterior casingor ready to be introduced into saidfcasing, said removable sectionsconsisting of the coin mechanism to be handled as a unit, they coinreceiving receptacle lolower portion of the machine, taken on the dotedline lt-4f of Fig. 11 and showing all the parts of the mechanism intheir normal inoperat/ed position but with a coin shown as having beenfed to the machine and becomev arrested in position for use in ejectingthe bottom piece of confection from the compartment of the tray in linewith it on the subsequent operation of the machine by anl outward pullon the exposed end of the operating rod or handle;

Fig. 5 is a corresponding section through a portion of the machine andillustrates the mechanism as havin been partly operated and the lowerpiece of confection as having been partly ejected by the movement of thecoin against the end or the same;

Fig. 6 is a section corresponding with Fig. 5 but illustrating themechanism as having been completely operated by the outward pull or theoperating rod or handle, the ejected piece of confection being indicatedby dotted lines and the coin being indicated asy havin been released anddescending into the com box; Fig.. 7 is a'vertical section, partly brokeaway, through the front portion of the machine, talren on the dottedline 7-7 of Fig. 6 and 'illustrating the several parts of the mechanismin their operated position, shown in Fig. 6; l

Fig. 8 is a vertical section, partly broken away, through a portion ofthe machine, and said section is taken at the front of the tray and onthe dotted line 6--8 of Fig. 9;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section through the machine, talren on the dotted-line 9 9 of Fig. d, the mechanism being shown in its normal inoperatedposition;

Fig.. l0 is a sectional View corresponding with Fi 9, but showing themechanism as having been operated by an outward pull of theoperating'rod or handle;

'Fig ll ris a horizontal section through a portion of the machine, takenon the dottedY line ll-ll of Fig. 4e;

Fig. l2 is a horizontal section through the lower portion of themerchandise tray,

shown as empty,'the section beingv on the v dotted line 12-12 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 13 is a detached rear face View of a hinged .plate down which thecoins slide from the coin entrance slots to the means for.supporting-them to serve as goods-ejectors; l

Fig. ll is a horizontal section through an np er left hand portion orthe mechanism an is presented to illustrate more particuincedere larlythe mechanism for preventing the entrance of washers to the machine,without interfering with the entrance of proper coins thereto, a coinbeing shown in position in Fig. la as being moved through the coinslotand by the washer catcher;

Fig. 15l is a view artly broken away and partly in section, o certaindetails, hereinafter indentilied, servin as a. coin gauge and supportfor the coin during its use as a goods-ejector, and

Fig. 16 is a cross-section through a portion ot the mechanism at awasher catcher, taken on the dotted line 16-16 of Fig. 14.

ln the drawings, 30 designates the exterior casing of the machine as awhole,`said casing comprising a back 31, sides 32, a top l33, al bottom3e, a lower hinged rontdoor or section 35, and a removable front or door36. ln the rear of the door 36 is formed a chamber for a tray, numberedas a whole 37, for holding the stacks or vertical columns otconfections, and within Vthe lower portion of the casing is formed a,chamber for the operative mechanism or the machine and also for a coinreceptacle 36 which receives the coins after they have left theoperative mechanism .and from which coins may be removed, when desired,after the front 36 has been removed to free the lower front section 35so that it may be turned downwardly and forwardly, or to the positionshown in Fig. 3, which also shows the coin receptacle 38 as having beenwithdrawn from the casing ot the machine.v ll hen in the machine thecoin-receptacle 38 rests upon inwardly turned llanges 39 formed at thelower ends of cheek plates d() secured to the sides 32 of the maincasing. At the rear ot the coin box or receptacle 38 is provided a chutell down which the pieces or confection dislodged from lthe tray mayslide to an opening 42 below the front section 35 of the' casing andfrom which opening said pieces may be removed by hand.

The lower 'front section 35 is preferably of metal and faced on itsexterior by a block of wood, as shown, having a lrecess d3 therein forthe lingers of the operator and a slot el through which the operatingrod or handle d5 may be moved forwardly and rearwardly. The metallicportion oil the iront section 35 is numbered 46, and it has a slot 4:7in line with the aforesaid slot all through which the operatin rod orhandle d5 may have its movement. he lower opposite edges of the plate 46are formed or provided with ears 4:8

to engage headed pins 49 secured to the sides of the `main casing 30,said ears being slotted to pass upon sai pins and therewith serve tohinge the Jtrent section 35 to the casing, said section being removable,however, by reason of the formation ol' the slots in said ears d8. Theupper endet the platey portion 4:6 of the front section 35 is bent rear-Masera wardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, to close over the operativemechanism of the machine and to a'ord a shelf receiving the lower edgeof the. front 36.. The side portions of the plate 46.have securedthereto angle iron slotted or recessed plates which, when the lower,section 35 is in :its upper or closed position, pass upon stud pins 51,as shown in Fig. 4. `When the section 35 is in its upper or closedposition the face of the late 46 engagesa pin 52 fastened tothe ront ofthe coin box 38 and thereby serves' to retain said coin boX in positionbetween the cheek plates 40.

The upper-portion of the plate 46 has a bar 53 secured to it, and a-tthe rear of said bar 53 said plate 46 is bent rearwardly to form ahorizontal shelf 54 from which the ears 55, two ears being sufiicient,extend upwardly to stand substantial] parallel with the bar 53. Thefront 36, w en in'position, rests upon the shelf 54 and is rigidly heldagainst forward and backward movement between the bar 53 and ears 55.The sides 32 of the main casing are provided in line with the space oropening formed between the bar 53 and ears or lugs 55 with recesses 56(Fig. 3) adapted to receive the lower side edges of the front 36 andthereby act to lock the lower edge of said front' 36 in position, saidfront when in position serving, by its engagement with the pla-te 46, tolock the front section or door 35 in closed position. After the front 36has been moved downwardly into the recesses 56 and upon the seat 54afforded by the plate 46, said front will, at its upper portion, bepressed inwardly be.- tween the sides 32 of the main casing and againstvertical shoulders 57 forme-d thereon, andfinally said front 36 willbe,secured at its upper end to the casing by means of any suitable lock58, as is customary.

The upper portion of the plate 46 is formed wthcoin entrance slots 59.three of said slots in the present instance being made use of, and oneslot being for each two vertical sections or compartments of the maintray 37.

The tray 37 has a back and sides, as usual, and also front laterallyextending Hanges 6() to aid in retaining the stacks of pieces ofconfection, numbered 61, in position. In the present instance the tray37 contains six vertical compartments numbered, respectively, 62, 63,64, 65, 66 and 67, these compartments being arranged in pairs, as shownin Fig. 7, and each pair being separated by a vertical plate 68. Thecompartments of the tray 37 are narrow, andthe pieces of confection 61placed therein are arranged endwise instead of sideways, the

ends of the pieces facing frontwardly and rearwardly, whereby ascompared with the usual arrangement'of confection in theA trays ofvending machines, I economize space, and in thepresent instance securesix vertical compartments in the width of tray ordinarily aording onlyfour com-partments.. lt is advantageous, outside of the question ofeconomy of space, to arrange the pieces of confection endwise, becausethereby the ejector means is enabled to engage a substantial part of theexposed end of the piece to be ejected instead of engaging said piece atthe middle of one of its longer Side edges. 'llhe action is moreefficient and less liable to derangement when the ends of the pieces ofconfection are engaged by the ejector means, than when the side edges ofsaid pieces are so engaged, and this advantage, in addition to theeconomy of space secured by my invention-,is quite important.

At the bottom of the tray 37 l.' provide separated flanges 69, as shownin Fig. 12,

to serve as supports'fog the' stacks of pieces 85 ofconfection 61, andthese flanges 69 at' their forward portions are recessed out on curvedlines, as at 70. The enlargement by the recesses 70 in the flanges 69permits acoin, facing rearwardly, to pass between the flanges 69 untilthe rear ends o f the recesses are reached by a coin, and when the coinpasses against the rear edges of said recesses 70, the flanges 69thereat will cause the coin to be presseddownwardly so that the smallerupper portion of the coin only may pass-btween the rearl parallelportions of said flanges 69. 'lt isfdesired that the coin shall take acertain position when moved inwardly against the goods to be ejected,and while the coin may always take this position, it is possible thatthe coin may project upwardly beyond such position to a slight extent.and in .this event the edges of the coin would be carried against therear edges of the recesses 70 and be by them depressed to the desiredpredetermined position, as will be hereinafter explained. The newfeatures about the tray'37 reside in the arrangement of the compartments62 to 67 inclusive, and in the provision of the recesses 70 in thebottom supporting flanges 69. The tray 37` has one other feature ofadvantage, and that resides in the provision on the lower front portionthereof of small studs or pins 71, 72, 73, and pins 74, 75. The studs orpins 71 to 75 inclusive proiect frontwardly, and they are utilized inthe manner hereinafter described forl deflecting the coins intoalignment with the proper compartments in the tray 37 from which thegoods are to be sold. A coin introduced through the left'hand coin slot59 will, by the means hereinafter described, be deflected to strike theleft hand pin 71 and caused to pass to the position in which l indicatea coin 76 in Fig. 8, said coin being then in posit-ion to be used as ameans for dislodging the bottom piece of confection from the compartment62. After the. pieces of confection have been dislodged lfrom thecompartment 62, a coin introduced through the left hand coin slot 59will, with the aid of the pin 71, be positioned in line with thevertical compartment 63 so that the goods may, piece by piece, be soldfrom said compartment after the compartment 62 'has loecome empty. Coinsintroduced through the middle coin slot 59 will, by means-orl the pin 72Abe caused to become positioned in line with the vertical compartment 64until all of the goods therein have been sold, and thereafter said coinswill become positioned in line with the compartment 65 for the sale ofgoods from said compartment.4 Coins introduced through the righthandcoin slot 59 will first sell the goods from. the right hand compartment.67 and thereafter when that compartment has become empty, be used'toeffect sales from the compartment 66, the pin 73v first deflecting thecoins intoline with the compartment 67 and thereafter cooperatingl withother means, deflecting the coins into line vwith the compartments 66.

Upon the' stacks of confection 6l ll place weights 77 having forwardlyprojecting hook-like arms 78. The weights 77 serve to press the piecesof confection downwardly, and whenthe last piece of confection in anycompartment has been sold,

the arm78 of the weight in said compartment will project forwardly ofand closely overhang the lower front portion of the' tray 37, as lindicate in Fig;i 8. The arms 78 cooperate with the pins 7l, 72, 73, indeflecting the introduced coins into a position in line with a verticalcompartment which has not become empty, and when two adjoiningcompartments have become empty, the arm 78 of the weights in said twocompartments s'tand in a position to receive an introduced coin, as lindicate by dotted lines at the right hand side of lig. 8, said coin onthe movement of the operating rod or handle 45, being freed to return tothe purchaser. The pins 74, serve as gua-rds to prevent a coin intendedfor the compartment G3 or the compartment 66 respectively from becomingpositioned in line with the compartment 64 or the compartment 65,respectively. rllhe pins 7d, 75 serve merely as partitions tofconine thecoins at the foot of the compartments 63, 66 when the coins are intendedto be positioned in those locations. rllhe coopera-tive action of thearms 78 and pins 71 to 75 inclusive will be referred to hereinafter indescribing the operation of the machine. At this place lit has beenintended 4more particularly to describe the mechanical details connectedwith the tr-ay.

That portion of the machine which may be designated as the operativemechanism and which is located above the coin recepvtacle 38 -and partlybelow the upper 1nwardly turned portion of the lower front maaar/a door35 and partly below the main tray 37, may be handled as a unit, and thismechanism comprises a stationary main supporting frame numbered as awhole 7 9, a slidable otal connection with the main operatingrod orhandle 45, a hinged shutter plate 82 hung at its upper edge from themain frame 79 and a hinged coin-plate 83 hung from its upper end fromthe upper forwardportion of the main frame 79. The carriage 80 isequipped with means, hereinafter described, for supporting and carryingthe' coins against the pieces of confection at the bottom of the tray37, and said carriage 80 has a direct rearwardly and forwardly movement,the movement toward the rear and toward the lower end of the tray 37being caused by an outward pull on the operating rod or handle 45 andthe return movement toward the front of said carriage being caused bytwo coiled springs 84 whose forward ends are connected to the levers 81,as shown in Fig. 10 and whpse rear ends are connected to a stationarymember of the main frame 79.

The main frame 79 comprises two corresponding vertical side plates 85which are connected together at their lower front ends by a plate or bar86 through which the operating rod or handle d5 passes. 'llhe plate orbar 88has secured to its rear face right angle bracket plates 87 uponwhich the levers 8l are pivotally mounted, as shown in Figs. 9 and l0.The bar 8,6 also has secured to it a right angle bracket member 88 whichextends rearwardly, as shown in Fig. a, and is bent upwardly at'itsinner end to form a stop 89. 'llhe body of the oper-ating rod or handled5 slides on the plate k88 an when said rod or handle is returne wardlyor toward the rear by the springs 8a, a shoulder 99 thereon engages saidstop 89 and arrests said rod or handle lin its predetermined positionfor subsequent operation. The inner end of the rod or handle l5 guideswithin a loop 91 secured to the lower side of a .stationary bar 92. se-lcured at its ends to the sides 85 of the main frame 79. The inner end ofthe operating rod or handle 45 is also adapted to slidethrough an openin93 formed in a depending rear skirt portion 9a of the main stationary'frame 79. The rod or handle d5 carries two pairs of laterally extendingupper and lower ears 95 98, respectively, (Figs. 6 and 7 through whichpins 97 extend, and behind the pins 97 are inserted reduced end portions98 of the adjacent ends of the levers 8l these end portions 98 of saidlevers being hept against said ins 97 by the tensionjof the springs 8l."he

inl acera when said rod is at its inner position, en-

gages the lower portion of the hinged coinplate 83, as shown in' Fig. 4,and serves to retain said coin plate in its operative position Aforguiding Acoins from the coin entrance slots to the means mountedon'thecarriage for receiving said coins. When the operating rod or handle 45is pulled forwardly, it carries the arm 99 from engagement with thehinged plate 8,3 and at that time said plate will turn downwardly bygravity, as shown in Figs. 5 6, and release any paperor the lilre thatmlght have become arrested thereon, anything arrested and then releasedby the plate 83 being discharged downwardly to t e front of the coin-boa38 and nding its way to the 'discharge opening 42. g

The sides 85 of the main frame 79 for the operative mechanism areconnected at their lower front ends by the bar or plate 86 hereinbeforereferred to, at their upper forward portions by a downwardly and'rearwardly inclined plate 100, which is stationary, at their upperrearportion by a downwardly and rearwardly inclined plate 101 which servesto strengthen the frame for the mechanism and as a support for a rod 102on which the upper edge of the shutter plate 82 is hinged, and at theirlower rear portions by a plate 103 which hasthe downwardly andrearwardly inclined member 94 hereinbefore referred to and a horizontalfloor member 104, above which the carriage 80 has its sliding movementand carries the coins fed to the machine.

The shutter plate 82 hinged to the frame member 101 hangs downwardly, asshown in Fig. 4, at the rear of the lower .end of the tray 37 andprotects the goods in said tray from being interfered with by a wirewhich might be inserted upwardly along the chute 41. When the machine isin operation and in the act of ejecting a piece of confection, theshutter plate 82 will be by such piece turned rearwardly, as shown inFig. 5, and after the descent of the ejected piece of confection, asindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 6, said shutter Aplate 82 willreturn to its normal hanging position, shown by solid lines in Fig. 6.The depending member 94 of the rigid frame 103 has an undercut ledge 105provided on it to aid in catching the end of a wire which might be'insertedupwardly. along the chute 41 with the view of dislodging piecesof confection from the tra 37.

ne of the more important features of the floor or platform section 104o-fthe connecting member 103 resides in a Special formation thereof andin the provision thereon of vertical stop lugs 106 (Fig. 9), and theformatmn therein' of coin slots 107 .down thro-ugh which the coinsfinally pass to the coinfreceptacle 38', as indicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 6 denoting a descending coin. l.

'ljhe floor section 104 is formed with depressions 108 leadmg to thecoin-slots 107 and forming at their forward endsl shoulders 109.

The forward edge of the floor member 104 is v i I recessed out on curvedlines as at 110, as shown in' Fig.` 10, and said member 104. is concavedbetween said recesses 110 and the depressions or recesses 108, as at111, and these recessed portions 110 and 1-11 are to facilitate thepassage of the coins rearwardly over said floor` member 104 and' againstthe lower pieces of confection in thetray 37. 1t may be mentioned thatafter the coins pass into vertical alignment with the forward ends oftherrecesse's'lOS, said coins are depressed by their'engagementwith theedges of the concaved recesses 70 in `the flanges 69 -at the bottom ofthe tray 37 so that said coins at their lower edges will enter saidrecesses i 108 and move rearwardly along the same Whlle carried by thecoin carrying features connected with the carriage 80 and hereinafterdescribed. vThe purpose of causing the depresslon of the coins into therecesses 108 is to compel a complete rearwardmovement of said coins andcarriage 80. 1f, after the handle or operating rod 45 has been startedforwardly and the carriage 80 has moved .rearwardly far enough to carrythe coins to the recesses 108, said handle is released, the springs 84will start the carriage forwardly and the handle 45 rearwardly and atthis time the lower edge of the coins which may be on the carriage willstrike a shoulder' or shoulders 109 ofthe recesses 108 and arrest thecarriage 80 so that it cannot move forwardly to any great extent underthe action of the springs 84. The shoulders 109 thus cooperate with thecoins incompelling a full outward stroke of the handle 45 ,and acoinplete inward movement of the carriage 80 with each operation of themachine, the coins being held by said carriage 80 until said coins passinto vertical alignment with the coin slots 107, at which time, by themeans hereinafter described, said coins are released to descend throughsaid slots and the carriage 80 is permitted to return t-o its forwardposition. The forward edgesof the slots 107 are preferably formed withsawteeth 112, which are intended to. engage a thread that might beattached to a coin fed Lacasse rearwardly inclined edges 137 on the-coinsupporting and gauge plate 130, said plate 130 having at its ends two ofsaid rearwardly inclined or converging edges 137 and at its middleportion two rearwardly inclined or converging edges 137. The spacebetween one of the fingers 136 and the adjacent edge 137 on the plate130 'constitutes a space less in diameter than that of a proper coin fedto the machine, so that said coin may rest on the inclined edge of thefinger 136 and the adjacent inclined edge 137 of the plate 130. Theinclined edges of the fingers 136 and the inclined edges 137 on theplate 130 will permit a coin of too small di ameter for the machine toslip by them, while a coin of proper diameter will be retained andsupported by the cooperating` finger 136 and adjacent edge 137. In thepresent instance, as shown in Fig. 10, I provide spaces for six coinsvbetween fingers 136 and inclined edges 137, there thus being one coinspace for each vertical compartment in the tray 37. The coins supportedon the inclined edges of the fingers 136 andthe plate 130 and betweenthe bars 120 and 122 are carried rearwardly on the movement of thecarriage 80 against the lower pieces of confection in the tray 37 andfinally descend through the coin slots 107 hereinbefore described. Theplate 130 serves for cooperation with all of the fingers 136 on theplates 134 for supporting the coins fed to the marchine preparatory tosaid coins being moved rearwardly by the carriage 80.

The carriage 80 thus comprises the bar 120 having forwardly extendingends 121,the bar 122, which is parallel with the body of the bar 120 andproperly spaced rearwardly therefrom, the small gauge plates 134 securedagainst said bar 122 and each having the coin supporting finger 136, thecoin gaugeA plate 130 and the springs`133 normally keeping the plate 130against the bar 120 and yieldingly permitting said plate 130 to moveforwardly when the fingers 132 on said plate are pressed against thestops 106 on the platform or floor 104, the forward movement of saidplate 130 serving to release the coins to descend bj, gravity throughthe comslots 107.

The coin-plate 83 is hinged at its upper 'I end on pivotscrews 138 tothe upper forward corners of the frame 79, and sald plate has arearwardly convexed face and in the normal position of the parts-of themachine,

the lower edge of said plate 83 is directly.

over the space between the bars 120 and 122 of the carriage 80. Thepurpose of the plate 83 `is to direct the coins introduced to themachine to the space between said bars 120, 122 so that they. may fallupon the supporting fingers 136 and inclined edges 137 of the plate 130.The plate 83 is shown in its normal position in Fig. 4 and in thepositions 1t of the tray 3 lwardly through the openings 141.

assumes during the movement of the operat- -forwardly,'in the operationof the machine,

the plate 83 swin downwardl b ravit In Fig. 4 I illutsrate a coin,iiihihgl nulli,- ber 139, as having descended down the plate 83 andbecome supported between the bars 120, 122. The coins which reach theplate 83 are introduced through the coin slots 59 and between the upperedge of said plate 83 and the adjacent edge of the stationary plate 100,which also serves to guide the coins downwardly` and confine themagainst said plate 83. he plate 83 is shown in front elevation in Fig. 7and in rear elevation in Fig. 13. At its upper rear corners the late 83is formed with downwardly and inwardly inclined flanges 140 which serveto deflect the coins introduced through the outer or end coin slots 59inwardly and downwardly so that said coins may finally strike the ins71, 72, 73, respectively', on the lower orward portion of the tray 37and be by them deflected into the proper spaces between the bars 120,122 for the respective compartments of the tray 37. It may be seen onreference to Fig. 4 that in its normal position the lower portion of theplate 83 is adgacent to the lower front face The plate 83 is cut away toform openings 141, and above these openings the plate 83 is providedwith magnets 142 which serve to arrest steel disks which may be fed tothe machine in lieu of coins. When a steel disk is fed to the machineand the handle 45 is pulled frontwardly, the plate 83 turns downwardlyand the steel disk will be jarred fromthe magnets and descend forwardlyof the coin box. At the bottoms,

of the openings 141 I form rearwardly projecting curved lips 143 whichserve. to aid in directing steel disks and the like, on the downwardmovement of the plate 83, frontopenings 141 and lipsr143 are also ofadvantage in allowingany foreign matter which may have become arrestedon the plate 83 to escapethrough said openings, thereby keeping the faceof the plate 83 clear and unobstructed. Upon the front face ofthe plate83 is secured a rod 144 upon which are hung a series of weight testers145, these weight testers all being alike and consisting of weighteddogs of known character having their lower ends projected throughrecesses or slots 146 formedv in said plate 83. When a coin of properweight is fed to the machine, it will descend against one of the weighttesters 145 and tilting said weight tester will pass on downwardly tothe coin supports between the bars 120, 122. If a coin too light inweight should The ' general character-,are lamlliar in this art.

Upon the upper front edge of the plate 89 ll'provide washer catchers forpreventing dog 152 having a a vwasher introduced through .a coin-slottrom passin .downwardly over the 'plate e one washer catcher for eachcoin entrance slot 59, and said washer catchers are all alike and areclearly illustrated in Figs. I and 1.4L. Each washer catcher mechanismcomprises a slidable plate 147 held against the plate 83 by screws 148which lpass through slotsin said plate 147, this renderin the plate 1l?slidable, @ne end oi the p ate 141? is provided with a pin 149 whichprojects through a slot in the plate 83 and normally stands in the pathot a coin whichmay be ted through the coin slot and against said pin andagainst a stationary pin 150 also secured to said plate 89, The spacebetween the pin 149 and the stationary pin 150 is less than the diameteret a proper coin to be `led to the machine, and hence when a coin is tedto the machine between said pins 1419 and 150, the coin will press thepin 149 laterally so as to widen the space between it and the pin 150,rl-heother end ot the plate 1d? has an ear 151 te which is pivoted apointed short arm 153 which is engaged by a; spring 1545. 'llhe tendencyot the spring 154iis to project the pointed end oli the dog' 152 througha recessor hole 155 in the plate 83, this action of the spring154italiing place when the pin 1119 and plate 1417 are slid in adirection from said spring" 15l, thereby placing a tensin on said springand carrying the dog 152 to a position in which 'its pointed end maypass through said hole 155. ln Fig. 13 l show the pin 149 in its normalposition, while in Fig. 14C l illustrate the operated position ot saidpin and the plate 147, said 'pin' and plate having been moved by theintroduction of a coin which, in lig. 1d, l number 150. When the coin156 is introduced between the pins 149, 150, it forces the pin 149 and`plate 147 to the lett and positions the dog 152 to project its pointedend through the hole 155 and against the coin. The coin 156 being aproper coin, may be pressed on downwardly between the plates 83 and 100and be caused to slide down said plate 83 to operative position. llt awasher had been introduced between the plates 83, 100 in lieu of thecoin 156, the dog 152 would project itspointed end through the hole inthe washer and prevent the downward movement of the washer.. The dog 152is what may be called'a washer catcher, and the upper side of thepointed end of said dog arredare will be dat so as' to prevent a washerbeing ressed downwardly beyond it while' on its lower surface thepointed end of said do@ ina be beveled upwardly so as to permit ol hewithdrawal ot la washer from the tray 37 endwise so that the ends ofsaid pieces may project forwardly and rearwarcll, l.res]1 ae'ctively,and. in this instance l provi` e coniections. 'lhe tray 37 is seatedupon the general trame 7 9 for the coin mechanism and proects downwardlbetween the sides ot sai trame, and in t e position of said tray 37withv respect to the other 'features pre-- sented, the pins? 1 to 75inclusive on the iront lower portion et said tray projecttoward andrather close to the lower-.portion el the coin-plate 83,- as shown inFig. d. When a'coin is ted through, for instance, the lett hand coinslot 59 it will slide down the plate 83 and striking the pin 71 on thetray will be dedected to the position between the bars 120, '122 inwhich l indicate a coin 76 in Fig. 8. Thereupon the operating rod orhandle l5 will be pulled outwardly, and this will result in the carriage80 being moved rearwardly' and in carrying said coin 76 against thelower piece of confection in the le'lt hand compartment, causing saidpiece to move rearwardly against the shutter plate 82 and linallydescend to the chute Ll1 as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. tl.The coin 76 carried at the left hand end ot the hars 120, 122 andsupported upon the inclined nger 136 and inclined edge 137 thereat (Fig.15) will move against the left hand curved recess 110 in the platform10d and be caused to ride upon said platform and along' one ot thegrooves er recesses 111 therein. 'lhe movement of the coin 76 over theiront edge of the table or platform 10d serves to slightly elevate thecoin from the coin-partage edges between the bars 120, 122,

and then alter the coin has passed to the lett hand recess 108, the coinis intended .to descend by gravity and enter'said recess, so as tocooperate with the front shoulder 109 thereof in preventin reversemovement of the carriage 80. lt ille coin should not fall .by gravityinto the recess 108, it will be assisted in such movement by the upperedge of the coin being; carried against the curved edges ot the recessesin the Hanges) at the bottom of the tray 37, and hence if for any reasonthe coin should not automatically lower into the said recess 108 so asto operate as a dog tor preventing reverse movement of the carriage 80,it will be forced downwardly into' said recess by its engagement sinvcompartments for the stacks of' llll lll?) @being ejected from the efthand compart- `'nient 62, as will be understood without maeva with theedges of the aforesaid recesses 70 in the flanges 69. The continuedrearward4 further description. All of the coins fed throughthe left handcoin slot 59 will ass to the position of the coin 76, shown in gig. 8,until all of the oods in the compartment 62 have been soli? and theweight 77 has descended to carry its arm 78 downwardly to a positionnearly in vertical line with the pin 71. When the arm 78 is in thisposition, with the compartment 62 empty, it prevents the pin 71 fromdeflecting a coin introduced through the left hand slot 59 intd positionat the foot of the compartment 62 and cooperates with said pin indeflecting any coins then introduced through the left hand coin slot 59to a position at the foot of the tray compartment 63, all of the coinsfed through the left hand coin slot 59 reaching such position at thefoot of the tray column 63 until that column has become exhausted of itsmerchandise. After that any coins fed through the left hand coin slot 59would fall upon both arms 78 and, upon the outward movement of the coinplate 83, would fall downwardly at the front of the coin box and bereturned to the purchaser.

All coins fed through the middle coin slot 59 will pass down the plate83 and striking the pin 72 on the tray, will 'be dedectedto position atthe bottom of the4 compartment 64 until said compartment becomes emptyof its contents, and thereafter the arm 78 of the weight 7 7 belongingto the compartment 64, having descended to its lower position,- anyfurther coins introduced through the middle coin slot will be by saidarm and the pin 72 dedected to position at the foot of the compartment65` so asl to sell the goods from that compartment. Coins introducedthrough the right hand coin-slot 59 will be deflected by the pin 73 toposition below the compartment 67 until all the goods have been soldfrom said compartment, and thereafter any further coins introducedthrough the right hand coin-slot 59 will be by the arm 78 of the weightfor the compartment 67, in connection with the pin 73, directed toposition at the foot of the compartment 66, so that the goods in saidcompartment 66 may be sold. When all oi the goods in the compartments66, 67 have been sold, an introduced coin would become arrested on thetwo arms 78 of the weights belon 'ngto .said compartments, as

l indicate in ig. 8 by dotted lines, and this coin, on the forward pullof the handle 45, would be returned to the purchaser. lt is notnecessary that I should provide the pin 71, 72, 73 for defiecting thecoins to definite positions for one compartment or another,

but I prefer to rovide said pins so that all` of the oods o onecompartment shall be sold be ore the sales commence oi the goods fromthe next adjoining compartment. Each pair of the compartments willcontain the same character of goods. As hereinbefore mentioned, the pins74, 75 serve mainly as partitions to prevent the jumping of the coinslaterally from position at the foot of the compartments for which theyare intended. The arms 78 on` the weights 77 coo rate with the pins 71,72, 73 in ro rl diiieecting the coins to position at there) fold?) cithe respective com artments and said arms perform no other uty.

. It is desirable that when the handle 45 is pulled outwardly, the coinslide plate 83 should turn downwardly into as nearly as possible avertical position po that any paper or other matter which might have eenstuffed through the coin entrance slots and become arrested thereon mayfall therep from, and to this end I provide in the coin guide plate 100a series of holes 170 (Fig. 11) to afford any necessary clearance forthe upper inner edges of the coin guide pins 149, 150 when said plate 83does turn downwardly.

l have hereinbefore described the `martienlar` details of the machinepresent as embodying my invention, but do not wish to .be limited to allof the details of form and construction shown and described, since l 'amwell aware that many of these details may be modified within the spiritof my invention.

What I claim as in to secure by Letters invention and desire atent, 1s:

1. In a coin-controlled vending machine having coin entrance slots, avertical tray for holding columns of pieces of the mei-, chandise to besold and an exposed operat' ing handle, incombination, a horizontallyslidable carriage provided with means for supporting coins on edge andfacing the lower pieces of merchandise in said columns, stops forarresting said carriage in 'its normal forward position ad'aeent to.said tray and to receive the intro uced coins, a pair of pivoted leversconnected at their outer ends with said carriage and at their' innerends with said handle, al spring normally holding in cooperation withsaid stops, said carriage at its said forward position adjacent to saidtray, and means for releasing `said coins on the operation of themachine', said levers at their outer ends serving when said handle ispulled outwardly to iorcesaid carriage rearwardly to carry the cornaagainst and dislodge the lower -pieces OY I .merchandisd and said springserving to restore the said levers, handle and carriage to their normalposition after each sale.

2. In a coin-controlled vending machine having coin 4entrance slots, a.vvertical .tray

' ing and releasably supporting coinson edge and lacing the lower piecesof merchandise in said columns and to be moved against ariel dislod esaid pieces when the carriage from said handle, means lor operateetiring a lower support carried by the carriage from and therebyreleasing said coins on the operation or the machine, and means to beengaged by said coins on a reverse action oi said carriage beforecompleting its lull strolre for loclring said carriage i against reversemovement and comprisin a platform over which said coins are move andwhich has recesses to receive the lower edges ol the coins and shouldersat the loi'- `ward ends of said recesses to be engaged by the coins onsuch reverse action of the carriage. v

3., lin a coin-controlled vending machine having coin entrance slots, .avertical tray "for holding columns of pieces el the merchandise to besold and an exposed operating handle, in combination, a horizontallyslidable carriage operable from said handle, means on said carriage forreceiving and releasably supporting coins on edge and ifac in the lowerpieces oi'merchandise in said co umns and to be moved against anddislodge said pieces when the carriage is op` -erated from said handle,means for retiring a lower support carried by the carriage from andthereby releasing said coins on t e operation oi the machine, and meansto be engaged by said coins on a reverse action of the carriage beforecompletin its lull stroke `for arresting the carriage an compris` ing aplatform overwhich said coins are moved and which has upwardly inclinedsurlaces to slightly elevate the coins, lontudinal recesses into whichthe lower edges of the coins may thereafter descend and shoulders at theforward ends oi said recesses to be engaged by the coins on such reverseaction of said carriage.

d. ln a coin-controlled, vending machine having coin entrance slots, avertical tray for holding columns ci pieces oi the merchandise to besold and an exposed operating handle, in combination, a horizontallyslidable carriage operable from said handle, means on said carriage lorreceivin and releasably supporting coins on edge an facing the lowerpieces of merchandise Lin. said colus and to be moved against and dislodsaid pieces when the carriage is operated from said hande, means forretiring a lower support carried by the carriage from and therebyreleasing said coins on the operation et the machine, a platform overwhich said coins are moved and which nascere has longitudinal recessesto receive the lower edges of the coins and shoulders at theaterwardends of said recesses to be engaged by the coins to arrest the carriageon any reverse movement thereof before' it has completed its fulloperative stroke, and means.

for engaging the upper edge oi the coins v during their travel andcompelling the coins to enter said recesses.

5. ln a coin-controlled vending machine having coin entrance slots, avertical tray :ier holding columns oi pieces of the merchandise to besold and an exposed operating handle, in combination, a horizontal-iyslidalole carriage operable from said handle, means on said carriage lorreceiving and releasably supporting coins on edge and lacing the lowerpieces of merchandise in said columns and to be moved against anddislodge said pieces when the carriage is operated from .said handle,means lor retiring a lower support carried by the carriage from andthereby releasing said coins .cesses comprisingshoulders formed by enlargements in facingl edges of the bottom of the tray, said shouldersstanding in the path of the upper edge o the coins and acting to forcethe coins during their travel downwardly into said recesses in rear ofsaid shoulders.

6. ln a coin-controlledyvending machine having coin entrance slots, avertical tray for holding columns of pieces oi the merchandise to besold and an exposed operating handle, in combination, a horizontallyslidable carriage provided with means for receiving and carryingintroduced coins on edge and iacin the lower pieces of merchandise insai columns, stops for arresting said carriage in its normal forwardposition adjacent to said tray and to receive the introduced coins, apair of horizontally dis osed pivoted corresponding levers norma lyextending inn handle is pulled outwardly to force said carriagerearwardly to carry the coins against andl dislodge the lower pieces ofmerchandise, and said spring `serving to

